Here is an important question: Why is law school so confusing? It seems easy in concept: Read case book. Go to class. Study hard! Take the exam. But in practice it makes very little sense. It’s more like this: You read a bunch of stuff. It is terribly written and makes no sense. You go to…
I am stuck in a mantra-rut if you haven’t noticed. It goes like this: Getting a good job requires getting good grades in law school. Getting good grades in law school requires killing it on your final exams. Killing on your law school exams requires you to master the skill of issue spotting. But wait, Larry…
How do you structure your answer to contracts exams? Simple. Break it down into the three general types of contracts problems: (1) contract formation; (2) contract breach; and (3) damages.
I get this question frequently from my readers: “Can I succeed in law school even if English is my second language/I am a bad writer?” More specifically, here is an actual email I got a couple of weeks ago: Apparently, a lot of Larry Law Law readers are not from the US. Actually I address…
To prepare for law school success, easy-to-remember advice is best. Like Jon Snow’s sword-fighting advice to Arya when he gifts her Needle: “First lesson: stick ’em with the pointy end.” That’s it. That is the essence of sword-fighting. Of course, sword fighting is nuanced. But if you panic in a fight and can’t remember the…
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